Research has managed to turn end-of-life plastics into food, taking steps towards solving both the problem of ocean plastic pollution and sustainable food production. Environmental concerns are shaping people’s food choices in a significant way and plastics may be an emerging eco food.

Hygiene concerns may have raised the consumption of single-use plastics during the pandemic, but many people remain committed to making sustainable everyday choices. Regenerative farming is generating buzz for its eco benefits, enabling people to buy produce with a cleaner conscience.

As the global population continues to soar and environmental issues multiply, the ReGen Villages project may have the answer to curbing the eco-impact. Piloted by Danish architectural collaborative EFFEKT, the sharing, caring ethos of self-sufficient communities is now going viral.

Farming animals for cheap meat has proven an incubator for pandemics. With the effects of COVID-19 still at the forefront of people’s minds, how can we drastically curtail the chances of another outbreak, all the while feeding a growing population with diversifying dietary requirements?